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    <title>Ralph Edwards Productions radio and television scripts, 1940-1975</title>
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    <namePart>Edwards, Ralph</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1913-2005</namePart>
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  <genre authority="lcgft">Audience participation radio programs.</genre>
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  <abstract>Scripts from radio and television shows produced by Ralph Edwards Productions, primarily This Is Your Life, hosted by Ralph Edwards, and an audience participation show, Truth or Consequences.  Also includes scripts for audience participation shows, It Could Be You and About Faces; a western drama, Wide Country; and a children's program, Funny Boners.  This is Your Life featured celebrity guests primarily from the performing arts, but included leading figures in business, education, the military, philanthropy, religion, and sports.  Individuals represented include Mary McLeod Bethune, Frank Capra, Ruth Gordon, Audie Murphy, Jesse Owens, and Vincent Price.</abstract>
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  <note>Radio and television production company.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011240">Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011240</note>
  <note xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms011240.appx.pdf">Alphabetical list of guests on This Is Your Life shows available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms011240.appx.pdf</note>
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      <namePart>Bethune, Mary McLeod</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1875-1955</namePart>
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      <namePart>Capra, Frank</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1897-1991</namePart>
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      <namePart>Gordon, Ruth</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1896-1985</namePart>
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      <namePart>Murphy, Audie</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1924-1971</namePart>
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      <namePart>Owens, Jesse</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1913-1980</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Price, Vincent</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1911-1993</namePart>
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      <title>Funny boners (Television program)</title>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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      <title>It could be you (Television program)</title>
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      <title>This is your life (Radio program)</title>
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      <title>This is your life (Television program)</title>
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      <title>Truth or consequences (Radio program)</title>
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      <title>Truth or consequences (Television program)</title>
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      <title>Wide country (Television program)</title>
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    <topic>Armed Forces</topic>
    <topic>Officers</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Athletes</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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    <topic>Businesspeople</topic>
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    <topic>Entertainers</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Philanthropists</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Radio game shows</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Radio programs</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Religious leaders</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Sports personnel</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Television game shows</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Television programs</topic>
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    <topic>Western television programs</topic>
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